An examination of 21st century travel, holiday memento and the pitfalls of not keeping a straight face. Smile: FconQ looks at the performance and ritual of the smiling process by documenting tourists documenting themselves around the relics and attractions of Europe.

The digital 'materiality' of this project comes from the documentation captured as part of a field trip; the transience of travelling in and around Europe exploring tourist performativity. From out of the material a database has been constructed for a computer network which randomly selects the components of video, spoken word, soundtrack and ambience. Each component is one minute in length. Three computers contain the following amount of files:

Each pc contains 140 video pieces along with 100 different sound pieces. If the installation was to start, and all possible re-combinations existing within the entire database were shown, it would take over 5 million years to experience. The idea of creating something that could never be seen in its entirety has been very appealing; a work that changes every minute and never the same.

The work is a triptych of projection and surround-sound, with the sound formed from the three components moving independently around the space.

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An examination of 21st century travel, holiday memento and the pitfalls of not keeping a straight face. Smile: FconQ looks at the performance and ritual of the smiling process by documenting tourists documenting themselves around the relics and attractions of Europe.

The digital 'materiality' of this project comes from the documentation captured as part of a field trip; the transience of travelling in and around Europe exploring tourist performativity. From out of the material a database has been constructed for a computer network which randomly selects the components of video, spoken word, soundtrack and ambience. Each component is one minute in length. Three computers contain the following amount of files:

Each pc contains 140 video pieces along with 100 different sound pieces. If the installation was to start, and all possible re-combinations existing within the entire database were shown, it would take over 5 million years to experience. The idea of creating something that could never be seen in its entirety has been very appealing; a work that changes every minute and never the same.

The work is a triptych of projection and surround-sound, with the sound formed from the three components moving independently around the space.